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Panel reviews bill allowing Attorney General receivership for property owned by foreign governments
Summary
Committee members and the Idaho Land Title Association discussed Senate Bill 1149, which would create a process for the Attorney General to investigate alleged foreign‑government ownership of Idaho land and, if warranted, seek a court receivership to sell the property and protect lienholders and former owners.
The Idaho House State Affairs Committee reviewed Senate Bill 1149, a bill that establishes a statutory remedy when a foreign government owns Idaho real property in violation of current restrictions. Committee members voted to send the bill to the House floor with a due‑pass recommendation after hearing detailed technical testimony from the Idaho Land Title Association.
Representative Judy Boyle, R‑District 9, introduced the draft standard operating procedure and explained the bill's purpose. "Not people, but governments, that they could not own agriculture land, forest land, water rights, or mineral rights," Boyle said, referring to existing law the bill seeks to enforce and to provide a remedy where the previous statute lacked a process.
Bob Rice, president of the Idaho Land…
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